Briggs is right as is Coz. YOur both right in your perspectives. Bottom line is Lebron might be in a different situation than most other max players are looking at.
He has youth on his side, and incredible earning potential off the court. This is somthing Bosh and Amare does not have. Wade does.
In KNick land we will sign a player, like Allan Houstan, let him opt out and give him crazy money. We take car of our players. So in effect even if Lebron goes down, we will give him a deal like the Wiz took care of Arenas. Was that not a crazy contract? Give a guy 120mil while rehabbing his knee? He comes back too early, plays on a knee not ready and then gets the money.
If Bernard King played today they could repair his knee better with new techniques. He came back (not all the way) but he came back.
It think other than wade and Lebron most players will not take the lesser deal.
I really think if it plays out Lee is either signed here as a sidekick, and Im ok with that (Jordan hill was the price we paid for that option) or he is signed and traded. Either way Mr. Lee is taken care of and treated well by the Knicks. Our team does some dumb things but screwing players is not one of them. BTW, Marbury screwed himself long before MDA benched him.
So yeah, Briggs is right when applicable, and Cosmic also in his perspective.
The world is not just black and white! Lots of Gray areas.